SOLUTION: The height of a triangular sail is 4 yards less than twice the length of its base. If the area of the sail is 24 square yards, find the dimensions of the sail.
I,m having a li
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Question 1136449: The height of a triangular sail is 4 yards less than twice the length of its base. If the area of the sail is 24 square yards, find the dimensions of the sail.
I,m having a little of a hard time with this one any help would be appreciated.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the length of the base
= the length of the height
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( use the positive result )
This is a 3-4-5 triangle except it's a 6-8-10
so it's 6 yds x 8 yds x 10 yds
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